John Broadus Watson (1878-1958), the founder of behaviorism, was born January 9, 1878, near Greenville, South Carolina. He spent his preadolescent years in a farm community, where he acquired numerous manual skills and an affectionate familiarity with...

Watson, John Broadus (1878-1958) American psychologist and founder of behaviorism. John Broadus Watson is best known as the founder of behaviorism, which he defined as an experimental branch of natural science aimed at the prediction and control of...

(born Jan. 9, 1878, Travelers Rest, near Greenville, S.C., U.S.—died Sept. 25, 1958, New York, N.Y.) U.S. psychologist. Trained at the University of Chicago, Watson taught psychology at Johns Hopkins University (1908–20). He is remembered...

1878-1958 American psychologist whose work involving the experimental study of the relations between environmental events and human behavior became the dominant psychology in the United States in the 1920s and 30s. Watson's first major published...

John Broadus Watson (January 9, 1878–September 25, 1958) was an American psychologist who established the psychological school of behaviorism, after doing research on animal behavior. He is known for having claimed that he could take any 12...